Mid-Missouri News

Missouri Task Force One arrived at its staging area in College Station, Texas, early Wednesday, as the Gulf braces for Hurricane Laura. The Boone County-based emergency response …

Boone County reported its seventh death due to COVID-19 Wednesday. The patient was between 60 and 64 years old. The county also reported Wednesday a record daily …

(AP) — First lady Melania Trump portrayed her husband as an authentic, uncompromising leader in a Rose Garden address as President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers …

(AP) — Two people were killed and another was wounded as shots were fired late Tuesday in Kenosha during the third night of unrest in Wisconsin following …

(AP) — Missouri’s labor department says it will start handing out an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits as soon as this week. The money comes …

It does not look like we will see a bill lowering the age when teens can be charged as adults for some violent crimes in Missouri. That …

(AP) — A company planning a high-voltage power line carrying wind energy across the Midwest says it plans to distribute more electricity in Missouri and Kansas. Invenergy …

Moberly Area Community College is in “hybrid mode” to start the semester on its campuses. Classes began Aug. 24. President Jeff Lashley says most students are taking …

(AP) — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn is apologizing for overstating the life-saving benefits of using convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients. Medical experts have …

Columbia police investigate a shooting near West Middle School. Officers say they found an 18-year-old male victim and several shell casings on Clinkscales Road near West Worley …

The University of Missouri has launched an online dashboard showing how many students have COVID-19. The school said Monday there are currently 159 active cases of coronavirus …

Columbia Public Schools on Monday did not make an official decision on the learning mode it will use to start the year. Officials said if school started …

Boone County new coronavirus positives rose again Tuesday, with 70 new cases. Another 31 were released from isolation, so active cases also increased, to 424. COVID-19 hospitalizations …

(AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home made the case in their opening …

(AP) — Democrat Nicole Galloway says she’ll require face masks statewide if elected Missouri governor. That’s part of a plan she released Monday to handle the coronavirus …

(AP) — Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday. Police again fired tear …

Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk says he is “pretty dang optimistic” we will see Tiger football this fall. Sterk said Monday if the Mizzou campus at least …

Police find human remains in central Columbia. Officers said they found them on Austin Avenue near Business Loop 70 at around 9:50 a.m. Saturday. The remains were …

(AP) — Laura has become a hurricane shortly after moving over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s expected to continue intensifying on a path …

(AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Sudan, the most senior U.S. official to visit the African country since last year’s ouster of …